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Invite-only discussions?

kiran123kiran123 New
in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

Need to make discussions invite-only - i.e. author can invite others, and invitees can invite others. Others cannot see or edit the discussion. I didn't find an add-on that does something similar.

What's the best way to customize the code for this -
1) Customize the My Discussions filter but add other invitees to the Discussion and only present My Discussions tab? Which files is the My Discussions filter coded in?
2) Customize the Discussions class to add members to the discussion and filter All Discussions by member?

Pl advise
thanks
Kiran

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  • hgtonighthgtonight MVP

    Use the conversations application that works exactly like you describe by default and is bundled with every Vanilla installation.

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  • kiran123kiran123 New

    Thanks .. how do i access the "Conversations" application? I tried the following
    - these 3 URLs return the same page as vanilla/discussions - localhost//index.php/conversations, localhost//index.php/conversations/conversations, localhost//index.php/messages

    • if I drop the index.php, it returns "Page not found", so the .htaccess doesn't seem to work very well.

    • I tried disabling the vanilla app but the above 3 URLs return "Page not found"

    thanks
    Kiran

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    It's the Private Message system.

    In 2.1 it's the little envelope icon, in 2.0.x.x I think it is the Inbox link.

  • hgtonighthgtonight MVP

    Sorry about my short reply, phones will do that to you. :(

    /messages/inbox is the main jumping off point for private messages.

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  • kiran123kiran123 New

    thanks - i want to invite non-registered users via email/social networks to the conversation via ShareThis plug-in? If i include the conversation id in the URL, is there a convenient method that can associate the conversation with the user after he/she clicks through the invite URL and signs up?

  • whu606whu606 MVP
    edited October 2013

    hgtonight may know of a programmatic solution, but normally, someone in the conversation adds in another user, who then gets an Inbox notification.

  • hgtonighthgtonight MVP

    I can't think of a convenient way to do this, no.

    I can think of a few convoluted ways to do it. Generate an invitation and store the conversation ID in the invitation table. Once they sign up, check if they exist as an accepted user in the invite table. If you find them, add their ID to any conversations found in the invite table.

    All this on top of allowing guests to see specific conversations doesn't seem like a very good solution.

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